Political Science McGill University

Overview

The staff offers courses and supervises research on most of the important areas of political science. Students may specialize in any of the following:

• Canadian Government and Politics;

• Comparative Politics;

• Political Theory; or

• International Relations.

Political Science graduates at McGill University gain the scholarly preparation required to proceed to the Ph.D. program at McGill or elsewhere. Alternatively, the M.A. degree prepares graduates for teaching at the college level, for advanced study in other disciplines, or for rewarding jobs in government and in the private sector. Students in the M.A. program may choose either the Research Essay option or the Thesis option. Both options are generally recognized as among the most demanding and rewarding in Canada.

Besides its traditional M.A. program, the Department also offers M.A. options in Development Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, and European Studies. Interested students must apply and be accepted to both the political science M.A. program and to the option program.

Key facts

Graduate students can benefit from expertise and advanced scholarship in such diverse research areas as:

• Electoral Studies;

• Comparative Federalism;

• Constitutional Theory and Practice;

• International Peace and Security Studies;

• International Development;

• Nations and Nationalism;

• Health and Social Policy;

• Identity Politics.